Loan Exhibition
Colonial to Modern:
A Century of Collecting at Historic New England
Sponsored by Chubb Personal Insurance
Click here to see the 2010 Loan Exhibition Lectures
Historic New England, a museum of cultural history, has thirty-six historically and architecturally significant properties across the region. Its collections, which span four centuries and include more than 110,000 objects and more than a million archival items, are the most important in the nation for the study of New England life. The exhibition will include eighteenth to twentieth century furniture, paintings by academic and provincial artists, ceramics made in New England and abroad, and personal accessories from diamond brooches to silk brocade shoes. The focus will be great objects with great stories--such as the Quincy family's Boston-made Japanned high chest, a 1735-1745 tour d'force of furniture that comes from one of New England's most influential families and survived two fires. Complimenting the loan exhibition, Historic New England will present a lecture series at the Winter Antiques Show.
High chest, with decoration possibly by Robert Davis or Stephen Whiting. 1735-45. Boston. Red maple, red oak, white pine. Gift of Edmund Quincy. 1972.51. Historic New England.
Shoes, by Jonathan Hose and Son. Circa 1770. London. Silk brocade. Gift of Miss Mary C. Wheelwright. 1919.140. Historic New England.
Diantha Atwood Gordon (1809-1895), attributed to A. Ellis (active circa 1830-1832). Circa 1832. Fairfield, Maine. Oil on panel with gilding. Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little. 1991.433. Historic New England.
Art pottery vase and bowl. Vase attributed to Lily Shapiro, decorator, 1915; bowl by Sarah Galner (1894-1982), decorator, 1917. Produced at the Paul Revere Pottery. Boston. Glazed stoneware. Gift of Victoria A. Cassassa. 1980.257. Historic New England.
TAC/Tea Set, by The Architects Collaborative: Katherine De Sousa (b. 1945) with Walter Gropius (1883-1969), manufactured by Rosenthal. 1969. Selb, Germany. Bequest of Ise Gropius. 1984.476.1-3. Historic New England.
Historic New England is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional heritage organization in the nation. They bring history to life while preserving the past for everyone interested in exploring the authentic New England experience from the seventeenth century to today. Historic New England owns and operates thirty-six historic homes and landscapes spanning five states. The organziation shares the region's history through vast collections, publications, public programs, museum properties, archives, and family stories that document more than 400 years of life in New England. For more information visit www.HistoricNewEngland.org.
For members of the press interested in viewing additional objects included in the Historic New England loan exhibition, please contact Peter Foley: (212) 843-9200 or pfoley@rubenstein.com.
